Finishing or burnishing machine.



PATENTED SEPT. 17, 1907.

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J. A. PINE. FINISHING 0R BURNISHING MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8.1906

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THE NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON, a, c.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH A. PINE, OF MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

FINISHING OR BURNISHING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1907.

Application filed September 8, 1906- Serial No. 333,777.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .Tosnrn A.PINE, of Marlboro, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Finishing or Burnishing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for finishing and burnishing the exposed surfaces of heels, soles and other parts of boots and shoes, and has for its object to provide an improved rotary carrier adapted to be heated and to apply heated or melted wax to the sur; face to be finished.

The invention consists in the several improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanyingdrawings,"Figure 1 represents a sectional view of a heated wax-carrying and applying device embodying my invention, and means for applying wax thereto. Fig. 2 represents an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of the carrier shown in. Fig. 1, the cover of the same being removed. Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5- 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 represents a view similar to Fig. 4, showing the cover-clamping means. Fig. 7 represents a side view of one of the movable clamping members. Fig. 8 representsa section on line 8-8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 represents a perspective view of the clamp-adjusting device shown in Figs. 1 and 6. Figs. 10 and 11 represent respectively edge and side views of the said clamp adjuster.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the embodiment of my invention here shown, a rotary carrier is employed which is composed of an annular body 12, the periphery of which is adapted to support a suitable flexible wax-holding cover 13 which may be composed of any suitable textile material. The edges of the cover are bent inwardlyover the sides of the carrier and are confined between inner clamping members formed on the carrier and outer clamping members which are adjustable to secure and release the cover. The inner clamping members are preferably annular grooves 14 formed in the sides of the carrier at opposite sides of the annular body 12 thereof, said grooves being concentric with the periphery of the carrier, and movable complemental clamping members 15 16 having annular ribs 17 adapted to enter the grooves 14 and confine the edges of the cover therein as indicated in Fig. 1. Themovable members 15 and 16 are supported on guides 18 19 which project outwardly from the sides of the carrier and are concentric with the periphery thereof, the' guide 19 being contracted and forming a hub which closely fits and is rigidly affixed to a driving shaft 20 journaled in hearings on the supporting frame 21.

Means are provided for simultaneously adjusting the movable members 15 16 to cause them to grasp and release the cover, said means here shown comprising studs 22 affixed to the member 15 and passing through orifices in the carrier 12 and in the member 16, said studs having recesses 23, the outer ends of which engage cams or cam-shaped flanges 24 on a rotary clamp adjuster 25 which is formed as a collar surrounding the guide 19 and adapted to turn thereon. When the adjuster 25 is turned in one direction, the cams 24 act on the studs 22 and force the movable members 15 16 inwardly toward the sides of the carrier, thus grasping the edges of the cover. When the adjuster is turned in the opposite direction, the members 15 16 are loosened and caused to release the cover. The adjuster may be retated by means of a pronged wrench or spanner engaged with orifices 26 26 in the adjuster.

27 represents a gas burner projecting through a central opening in one side of the carrier 12 and located within the chamber thereof, said burner being provided with a series of orifices 28 adapted to direct a plurality of jets of flame outwardly radially against the inner surface of the annular body 12 of the carrier, thus simultaneously heating the same at numerous points. The burner 27 is preferably of the Bunsen type and is provided with air-inlets 29 which admit air to the gas supplied by the supply-pipe 30.

31 represents a wax-holder which is movable toward and from the periphery of the wax carrier and is adapted to support a cake 32 of wax and to present the same to the cover 13. The wax-holder as here shown is a plate to which are afiixed guide members here shown as downwardly projecting rods 33 movable in orifices constituting complemental guide members in a fixed supporting arm or bracket 34 attached to the frame of the machine. Springs 35 exert downward pressure on nuts affixed to the rods 33 and thus yieldingly maintain the holder 31 out of contact with the wax carrier.

36 represents a lever pivoted at 37, one arm of said lever bearing against the wax-holder 31, while the other is connected by red 38 with a treadle (not shown). A movement of the treadle by the operators foot causes the lever 36 to raise the wax-holder 31 and press the wax thereon against the heated cover of the wax carrier. When the treadle is released, the springs 35 immediately retract the wax-holder.

It will be seen from the foregoing that all parts of the wax carrier are heated by the burner, the jetsfrom which radiate in all directions and impinge against the internal surface of the annular body of the wax carrier. The cover 13 is thus kept in a heated condition so that wax presented to it by the wax-holder 31 is absorbed by the cover and held thereby in a softened or melted condition. The operator waxes the surface to be finished by pressing said surfaces against the periphery of thecover 13. When the cover becomes worn and requires renewal, this operation may be readily effected b loosening h l i members 15 1 removing l opposite directions from -the carrier, complemental mov'-- the Worn cover, and applying a fresh one, the latter being secured by tightening the said members.

40 represents a guard at one end of the Wax-holder 31 to prevent the softened or melted Wax from being thrownoutwardly by the cover 13 when it is first detached from the cake.

I claim: t I

1. A waxing machine comprising a rotary chambered carrier having a circular periphery and side clamping members, movable eomplemental clamping members, at opposite sides of the carrier, means for simultaneously adjusting said movable members, and a cover adapted to be secured by the clamping members.

2. A Waxing machine comprising a rotary chambered carrier having a circular periphery, clamping members at opposite sides of said periphery and guides projecting in able clamping members movable on said guides, means for simultaneously adjusting said movable members, and a cover adapted to be secured by the clamping members.

34 A Waxing machine comprising a rotary chambered carrier having a circular periphery, clamping members at opposite sides of said periphery and guides projecting in opposite directions from the carrier, complemental mov able clamping members movable on said guides, one of said movable members having studs passing through guides in the carrier and in the other movable member, and a rotary adjuster on one of said guides having cams engaging said studs.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH A. PINE.

Witnesses C. Fv BROWN, A. C. RATIGAN. 

